Global Clinical Operations Excellence Intern
About this opportunity
At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The Position
We are seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Global Clinical Operations Excellence Intern to join the Pharma Product Development (PD) Global Clinical Operations (PDG) team within the Clinical Operations Excellence (COE) department. At Roche/Genentech, our bold Pharma Ambition is to transform drug development and deliver 20 transformative medicines addressing diseases with the highest societal burden by 2030. Our team aims to lead in clinical operations by emphasizing speed, cost-effectiveness, and an enterprise-wide perspective. We value knowledge-sharing, diverse experiences, and new perspectives to solve problems.
As an intern in this role, your primary focus will be supporting efforts to enhance productivity and facilitate the delivery of clinical trials to patients. You will have the opportunity to enable innovative clinical trial delivery and help address emergent, high-impact needs across Clinical Operations to make trial delivery more efficient for patients, investigators, and clinical site staff.
What you will do:
Collaborate with study teams, COE colleagues, and Quality and Compliance experts to help optimize processes and support strong compliance and quality assurance.
Partner within and across different business units, including PDQ, pRED, gRED, and USM.
Participate in continuous improvement and change management activities, bringing fresh perspectives to help solve complex problems.
Support the creation, improvement, and implementation of enhanced global and local processes, policies, and training programs.
Assist in fostering knowledge sharing and support the adoption of new ways of working utilizing data, AI, and innovative technologies.
Help support a forward-thinking learning management strategy for Clinical Operations, focusing on building future capabilities through innovative learning solutions.
Maintain a global reach to support local business needs and help foster a culture of collective success and high performance.
Who you are:
Currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in Biomedical Informatics, Science, Business, Healthcare, or closely related fields.
You are developing an understanding of the infrastructure needed to conduct clinical trials and drug development.
You are building awareness of the clinical trial industry and how clinical trials are operationalized.
You are computer literate and enthusiastic about supporting the timely adoption of cutting-edge technologies and knowledge management tools to optimize operational efficiency.
You are eager to learn about GCP/GVP compliance, business process ownership, and data integrity.
Strong communication, good attention to detail, a willingness to learn, and an interest in using data and technology to improve patient outcomes.
You are a self-starter who can eventually prioritize your own work with minimal guidance.
Preferred:
Exposure to healthcare or clinical operations.
Additional Information:
Location: Based in Mississauga, Hybrid (minimum of 3 days per week in the office)
Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week) Internship
Length: This position is a 12 months internship, and is expected to begin in January 2027.
This position is not eligible for relocation support.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 57 416,00 and 75 358,50 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors as determined by the company.
We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess or select applicants for this role.
This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Who we are
A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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